"lives a relatively peaceful life and has a low crime rate. Milton of Campsie was served by the railway for over a hundred years from 1848 until it was closed to passenger traffic in 1951. The Campsie Branch ran from the junction of the Edinburgh & Glasgow Line at Lenzie and dropped down through Kirkintilloch, to terminate in Lennoxtown, although a 'through-road' continued on the Blane Valley Line to Strathblane, then onto the tourist route to Aberfoyle in the Trossachs. The village is well serviced by the half-hourly First Glasgow X85 Service from Glasgow Buchanan Street Bus Station. The village"
"Campsie Fells The Campsie Fells (also known as the Campsies; Scottish Gaelic: Monadh Chamaisidh) are a range of hills in central Scotland, stretching east to west from Denny Muir to Dumgoyne, in Stirlingshire and overlooking Strathkelvin to the south. The southern extent of the range fall within East Dunbartonshire. The range overlooks the villages of Strathblane, Blanefield and Lennoxtown to the south; Killearn to the west; Fintry and Strathendrick to the north. The Fintry Hills lie further to the north; Kilpatrick Hills lie to the west and the Kilsyth Hills to the east. The Earl's Seat is the highest point"
"Clachan of Campsie Clachan of Campsie or Campsie Glen () is a settlement now in the East Dunbartonshire area of Scotland. It was formerly part of the county of Stirlingshire. It is situated to the south of the Campsie Fells at the foot of Campsie Glen where the Finglen and Aldessan Burns meet, forming the Glazert Water which then flows south-east until it joins the River Kelvin near Kirkintilloch. In it are old industries, Crow Road, Jamie Wright's well, Lennox Castle, Woodhead House, St Machan's Church, and Campsie Glen. Clachan of Campsie used to be the main town of the"
"graveyard there is a mausoleum of the Kincaids. There was once a Campsie Glen Curling Club. Clachan of Campsie Clachan of Campsie or Campsie Glen () is a settlement now in the East Dunbartonshire area of Scotland. It was formerly part of the county of Stirlingshire. It is situated to the south of the Campsie Fells at the foot of Campsie Glen where the Finglen and Aldessan Burns meet, forming the Glazert Water which then flows south-east until it joins the River Kelvin near Kirkintilloch. In it are old industries, Crow Road, Jamie Wright's well, Lennox Castle, Woodhead House, St"
"of the Campsie Fells, measuring 578 m (1896 ft). On the top of the Earl's Seat is a trig point. Two main ways of climbing the Earl's Seat are by going past Dumgoyne from the Glengoyne Distillery or going up the Fin Glen from Clachan of Campsie. The name is taken from one of the individual hills in the range, called Campsie; meaning ""crooked fairy hill"", from the Scottish Gaelic ""cam"", meaning crooked, and ""sìth"" meaning fairy. ""Fell"" originates from the Old Norse word ""fjal"", meaning hill. Erosion along the line of a geological fault known as the Campsie Fault"
"considerable amount of work is undertaken to maintain the route. A walk along the Way is often broken up into sections or stages, each of which will typically be walked in a day. One pattern of sections, travelling from south to north, is as follows: The path officially starts in the centre of Milngavie, a town on the northern fringe of the conurbation of Glasgow. | granite obelisk is located a short distance from Milngavie railway station. Heading north, the path passes Mugdock Castle and Mugdock Country Park before emerging into open countryside, and the Campsie Fells can be seen."
"Lennoxtown Lennoxtown (, ) is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland at the foot of the Campsie Fells, which are just to the north. It is now part of the East Dunbartonshire council area but prior to 1975 was in the historic county of Stirlingshire. It had a population of 4,094 at the 2011 UK Census. The focus of the Lennoxtown area used to be the busy Lennox Mill, where tenants of the Woodhead estate brought their corn to be ground. There were several corn mills in Campsie Parish, but this was arguably the most important. Lennox Mill was located"
"and Campsie Fells are rarely far from view. The Southern Uplands are a range of hills almost long, interspersed with broad valleys. They lie south of a second fault line (the Southern Uplands fault) that runs from Girvan to Dunbar. The geological foundations largely comprise Silurian deposits laid down some 400–500 million years ago. The high point of the Southern Uplands is Merrick with an elevation of . The Southern Uplands is home to the UK's highest village, Wanlockhead ( above sea level). The climate of Scotland is temperate and oceanic, and tends to be very changeable. As it is"
"Dumgoyne Dumgoyne is a hill prominent on the edge of the Campsie Fells and is a well-known landmark visible from Glasgow. It is a volcanic plug and is high. The plug is readily reached from a path beside Glengoyne Distillery or via a water-board track from the contiguous villages of Strathblane and Blanefield three miles to the east or Killearn to the west. From Strathblane-Blanefield, the path begins as Campsie Dene Road, which almost immediately becomes a private road after passing between the village's war memorial and the grounds of St. Kessog's Catholic Church. Public parking is not permitted on"
"Bellie Bellie, located 2 miles north of Fochabers in Moray, Scotland, is the site of up to two possible Roman camps. Either of these sites, if accepted as a Roman camp, would constitute the most northerly example known, being 10 miles north west of the known camps at Auchinhove and Muiryfold. The first site is known as Romancamp Gate, and lies 100 metres to the north east of the old church of Bellie, with a cliff to the north west that lies on the east bank of the River Spey. The site was recorded by the antiquarian George Chalmers in"
"showing the characteristics of a Roman camp lying to the east of Bellie old church and partially covered by an adjacent plantation. Bellie Bellie, located 2 miles north of Fochabers in Moray, Scotland, is the site of up to two possible Roman camps. Either of these sites, if accepted as a Roman camp, would constitute the most northerly example known, being 10 miles north west of the known camps at Auchinhove and Muiryfold. The first site is known as Romancamp Gate, and lies 100 metres to the north east of the old church of Bellie, with a cliff to the"
"West Highland Way. Dumgoyne Dumgoyne is a hill prominent on the edge of the Campsie Fells and is a well-known landmark visible from Glasgow. It is a volcanic plug and is high. The plug is readily reached from a path beside Glengoyne Distillery or via a water-board track from the contiguous villages of Strathblane and Blanefield three miles to the east or Killearn to the west. From Strathblane-Blanefield, the path begins as Campsie Dene Road, which almost immediately becomes a private road after passing between the village's war memorial and the grounds of St. Kessog's Catholic Church. Public parking is"
"towards Forgewood. <br> Bellshill Bellshill (pronounced ""Bells hill"") is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, south east of Glasgow city centre and west of Edinburgh. Other nearby towns are Motherwell (), Hamilton () and Coatbridge (). Since 1996, it has been situated in the Greater Glasgow metropolitan area. The town has a population of about 20,650. The earliest record of Bellshill's name is handwritten on a map by Timothy Pont dated 1596 although the letters are difficult to distinguish. It's possible it reads Belſsill with the first s being an old-fashioned long s. The site is recorded as being east"
"Torrance, East Dunbartonshire Torrance is a village in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, located 8 miles (13 km) north of the Glasgow city centre. Torrance used to mainly consist of farmland. The village was once famous as a resting place for workers on their way to the Campsie Fells north. The Forth and Clyde Canal has a wharf nearby at Hungryside, and the A807 runs along its southern edge. The village has an active community charity whose aims are to improve the village facilities. The name may come from the Gaelic for the place of the ""little hillocks"". There are Roman sites"
"Corporation. They still play today at Tynecastle Stadium in the Scottish Premiership, following promotion from the Scottish Championship; Hearts won the Championship in the 2014-15 season. Gorgie Gorgie ( ) is a densely populated area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located in the west of the city and borders Murrayfield, Ardmillan and Dalry. The name is thought to be Brythonic in origin. Early forms suggest it derives from ""gor gyn"" – upper wedge – which may refer to the tapering shape of the land between the Water of Leith and the Craiglockhart hills. An alternative derivation is 'big field' from"
"to passengers the next year, on 1 October 1951. The Aberfoyle line north of Campsie Glen closed completely eight years later, with the ending of the remaining goods services in October 1959. The original Campsie Branch part of the line lasted a little longer, but in 1964 the last remaining passenger services to Kirkintilloch were ended, followed in April 1966 by closure of the final remaining goods services to Lennoxtown, and the entire line was closed and soon lifted. Campsie branch of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway; opened 5 July 1848. Blane Valley Railway; opened 5 November 1866. Strathendrick and"
"name probably derives from the Gaelic ""Lèanaidh"" (), a locative form of ""lèana"", meaning a ""wet meadow"". The whole parish was split into Easter Lenzie which now contains for example Lenziemill, and Wester Lenzie which came to be dominated by Kirkintilloch. Lenzie, as a town, was built in the 19th century as a commuter town for those travelling to Glasgow and Edinburgh, as Lenzie railway station is a stop between the two cities. The train station was originally named 'Kirkintilloch Junction' and later 'Campsie Junction', as it was a junction between the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and its Campsie branch"
"Scottish Borders The Scottish Borders (, ""The Marches""; Scottish Gaelic: ""Crìochan na h-Alba"") is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lothian and, to the south-west, south and east, the English counties of Cumbria and Northumberland. The administrative centre of the area is Newtown St Boswells. The term Scottish Borders is also used to designate the areas of southern Scotland and northern England that bound the Anglo-Scottish border. The Scottish Borders are in the eastern part of the Southern Uplands. The region is hilly and"
"Furness Fells The Furness Fells are a multitude of hills and mountains in the Furness region of Cumbria, England. Historically part of Lancashire, the Furness Fells or High Furness is the name given to the upland part of Furness, that is, that part of Furness lying north of the line between Ulverston and Ireleth. The hills lie largely within the English Lake District. The term ""Furness Fells"" is also sometimes used as a synonym with ""Coniston Fells"", perhaps partly as a result of the placing of the words ""Furness Fells"" on some Ordnance Survey 1:250 000 maps. The Coniston Fells"
"Inverness Inverness (; from the , meaning ""Mouth of the River Ness""; ) is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands. Inverness lies near two important battle sites: the 11th-century battle of Blàr nam Fèinne against Norway which took place on the Aird and the 18th century Battle of Culloden which took place on Culloden Moor. It is the northernmost city in the United Kingdom and lies within the Great Glen (Gleann Mòr) at its north-eastern extremity where the River Ness enters the"
"Campile Campile (;(officially spelt Ceann Poill)) is a small village situated in the south of County Wexford, Ireland. It is located fourteen kilometres outside the town of New Ross. Nearby are the ruins of an old Cistercian abbey of Dunbrody. The first mention of Campile, then known as Ceann Phoill, was in the Annals of Inisfallen dating from 937 AD. The annals record a group of Jewish migrants who arrived in Campile after sailing up the Pill river in their hand made ox-hide coracles. The Jewish settlers set up a small but prosperous community in Ballykeeroge about 2 kilometers from"
"Dalhousie Castle Dalhousie Castle is a castle in Cockpen parish, Midlothian, Scotland. Dalhousie Castle is situated near the town of Bonnyrigg, 8 miles (13 km) south of Edinburgh. The castle was the seat of the Earls of Dalhousie, the chieftains of Clan Ramsay. The patriarch of the clan was Simundus de Ramesie (Simon of Ramsey), an English knight of Norman descent from the Huntingdonshire village of Ramsey. Simundus, a vassal of David, Earl of Huntingdon, followed his lord to Scotland in about 1140 when David inherited the Scottish crown. He is considered the founder of the Ramsay clan and the"
"Howgill Fells The Howgill Fells are hills in Northern England between the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales, lying roughly in between the vertices of a triangle made by the towns of Sedbergh, Kirkby Stephen and Tebay. The name Howgill derives from the Old Norse word ""haugr"" meaning a hill or barrow, plus ""gil"" meaning a narrow valley. The Howgill Fells are bounded by the River Lune (and the M6 motorway to the west), to the north by upper reaches of the River Lune, and to the east by the River Rawthey. Unlike the Carboniferous Limestone Yorkshire Dales, they are"
"Lothian Lothian (; ; ) is a region of the Scottish Lowlands, lying between the southern shore of the Firth of Forth and the Lammermuir Hills. The principal settlement is the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, while other significant towns include Livingston, Linlithgow, Queensferry, Dalkeith, Musselburgh, Prestonpans, North Berwick, Dunbar, and Haddington. Historically, the term Lothian referred to a province encompassing most of what is now southeastern Scotland. In the 7th century it came under the control of the Anglian kingdom of Bernicia, the northern part of the later kingdom of Northumbria, but the Angles' grip on Lothian was quickly weakened following"
"Cavendish. Cavendish is located northwest of North Rustico and east of Stanley Bridge in the central part of the province on the north shore, fronting the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Administratively, it is part of the Resort Municipality of Stanley Bridge, Hope River, Bayview, Cavendish and North Rustico (). Cavendish was founded in 1790 by three families who emigrated from Scotland – the MacNeils, the Clarks and the Simpsons. Lacking a harbour, Cavendish was primarily a small farming community throughout the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries. Cavendish traces its name to Field Marshal Lord Frederick Cavendish (son"
"Southern Fells The Southern Fells are a group of hills in the English Lake District. Including Scafell Pike, the highest peak in England, they occupy a broad area to the south of Great Langdale, Borrowdale and Wasdale. High and rocky towards the centre of the Lake District, the Southern Fells progressively take on a moorland character toward the south west. In the south east are the well known Furness Fells, their heavily quarried flanks rising above Coniston Water. The Lake District is a National Park in the north west of the country which, in addition to its lakes, contains a"
"Lenzie railway station Lenzie railway station is a railway station serving Lenzie and Kirkintilloch in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is located on the Croy Line, northeast of . Trains on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line pass Lenzie by. The station is served by Abellio ScotRail. The station was opened as Kirkintilloch Junction on 5 July 1848 by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, being renamed three times by the North British Railway, to Campsie Junction in December 1849, Lenzie Junction in November 1867 and finally Lenzie in June 1890. To the east of the station was a complex of"
"Motherwell Motherwell (, ) is a large town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarkshire, Motherwell is the headquarters for North Lanarkshire Council. Geographically the River Clyde separates Motherwell from Hamilton to the west whereas the South Calder Water separates Motherwell from Carfin to the north-east and New Stevenston and Bellshill towards the north. Motherwell is also geographically close to Wishaw to the south-east. A Roman road through central Scotland ran along Motherwell’s side of the River"
"the region are: Scottish Borders The Scottish Borders (, ""The Marches""; Scottish Gaelic: ""Crìochan na h-Alba"") is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lothian and, to the south-west, south and east, the English counties of Cumbria and Northumberland. The administrative centre of the area is Newtown St Boswells. The term Scottish Borders is also used to designate the areas of southern Scotland and northern England that bound the Anglo-Scottish border. The Scottish Borders are in the eastern part of the Southern Uplands. The region"
"the Western Australian Museum in Fremantle have recently made a detailed analysis and have determined that these weapons are almost certainly of Makassan, rather than European, origin. River Carron, Forth The Carron (Gaelic: ""Carrann"") is a river in central Scotland, rising in the Campsie Fells and flowing along Strathcarron into the Firth of Forth. It has given its name to several locations in Stirlingshire, as well as a type of cannon, a line of bathtubs, two warships, and an island in the Southern Hemisphere. The river rises in the Campsie Fells before flowing into the Carron Valley Reservoir and along"
"Lambhill Lambhill is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde. Lambhill is a mainly residential area comprising both council and private housing. Residents are of a mixed age group. Lambhill has been in existence since the middle 18th Century, the original settlement probably coming from the north bank of the Forth and Clyde Canal (known as the Shangi, after a sailing captain who mentioned that the settlement reminded him of Shanghai). Many working men were employed in the nearby mine in Cadder. In nearby Lambhill Cemetery there is a memorial to"
"Milton of Campsie to Lennoxtown. The branch ran into and through exceptionally picturesque terrain, and it became popular as ""the picnic line"". Local people promoted the Blane Valley Railway, which extended the Campsie branch as far as Killearn; it was authorised in 1861. They hoped to generate high class residential construction in the attractive area for wealthy Glasgow businesspeople, but the hope was not fulfilled. The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway subscribed a third of the capital and agreed to work the line. In addition the promoters hoped to reach the Trossachs, then an exceptionally popular tourist destination. However the company"
"Cammo Cammo is a north-western suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is south of A90, at the edge of the city, approximately 6 miles from the city centre. The name is Celtic in origin, but could have originated either in Scottish Gaelic or Cumbric. In the former case it would be an adjectival form of Gaelic ""cambas"" 'bay. creek'; in the latter it would be from Brittonic *""cambāco-"", an adjectival form of *""camas"" 'bend in river, bay'. This element would probably refer to a bend of the river in this context, as Cammo is inland. To the west"